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Civilization 5 Getting Big Changes In Gods & Kings Expansion

Great news today for gamers who enjoy investing tens of hours into nurturing a ragtag bunch of stone age settlers into a civilized society. Sid Meier's Civilization 5 is going to be getting its most elaborate expansion yet in the upcoming Gods & Kings pack, which 2K pegs for a late spring 2012 release. In addition to adding new civs (nine...

Posted February 16, 2012| 3 Comments
Two Civilization 5 DLC Packs Coming August 11

Two new Sid Meier's Civilization 5 DLC packs: "Civilization and Scenario Pack: Korea" and the "Wonders of the Ancient World Scenario Pack" are coming out for one of the most addictive games ever on August 11. Civilization and Scenario Pack: Korea will bring the Korea Civilization to the game and add a new Scenario called...

Posted August 8, 2011| 6 Comments
Civilization 5 Patch Update Introduces Replays, Hot-Seat Functionality, and More Challenging AI

For those of us who still play Civilization 5 regularly, a huge new patch is coming very soon that integrates a ton of balance changes and a few requested features like a hotseat and replays. New features, diplomacy modifiers, and more challenging AI functionality was also added. To check out the full list of patch notes (there are a lot of...

Posted June 28, 2011| 2 Comments
Video Game Grammy: Civilization 4 Song Wins Grammy

Last night at the Grammy awards, for the first time ever, a song from a video game won a Grammy. Christopher Tin took home a statue for "Baba Yetu" from Civilization 4. The song for "Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists." Tin won a second Grammy for "Best Classical Crossover Album" for Calling All...

Posted February 14, 2011| 7 Comments
Massive Civilization 5 Patch Available Today

Civilization 5 players, brace yourself for a massive patch available today. The update will include a plethora of fixes, ranging from major problems with the AI to minor problems with adding long roads. The biggest problem was AI often didn't know how to handle some of the new combat rules, leading enemy AI to send troops to their death for no...

Posted December 15, 2010| 4 Comments
Civilization 5 Vs. Dead Rising 2: Videogame Deathmatch Battle Highlight

I'm sure you're thoughtfully perusing the massive video game battles at our Videogame Deathmatch page, carefully determining the pros and cons of each title and making your selections. But I'd like to highlight the following fight: Dead Rising 2 vs. Civilization 5 Right now, Civilization 5 is getting its ass handed to it. Dead Rising 2 has...

Posted November 9, 2010| 6 Comments
The Videogame Deathmatch Has Begun!

The time is upon us, gamers: It's Day One of the Videogame Deathmatch. There can only be one winner in the Deathmatch, and soon we will know which video game is the top, best, most killingest game on the entire planet. The Deathmatch puts the 32 biggest games of 2010 in the Terrordome and pits them against one another in brutal combat to the...

Posted November 8, 2010| 20 Comments
Five Star Game Giveaway Day 13: Civilization 5!

Today is day 13 of our 5-Star Game a day sweepstakes, where G4tv.com gives away only the greatest, most awesome, totally five-star video games to our readers. Today's game is Sid Meier's Civilization 5! Our Civilization 5 review sums up the joys of the epic RTS like so: “In many ways, Civ 5 is the best representation of the series and...

Posted November 3, 2010| 7 Comments
Civilization 5 Errors, Crashes And Glitches: Some Solutions

A quick scan of the web seems to reveal that the launch version of PC game Civilization 5 is solid (as evident by our Civilization 5 review). I don't see evidence of widespread reports of problems with the game, but it is a big launch, and the endless variation of PC builds out there ensures that there will be some problems with installing and...

Posted September 22, 2010| 23 Comments
Civilization 5 Demo Incoming

I have to stay away from Sid Meier's Civilization 5 the same way I have to stay away from heroin. If the game pans out to be as awesome as the last four games (or as awesome as the trailers make it seem), I'm afraid I'm going to lose my house, my family and my livelihood to the addictive power of Civ 5. But much like my neighborhood dealer, the...

Posted August 4, 2010| 8 Comments
Civilization V Special Edition Detailed

2K Games could release Sid Meier’s Civilization V on a nondescript DVD in a soggy envelope and Civ lovers would gladly pay top dollar for it, but alas, strategy addicts (or “stragicts” as I call them) won’t have to face this rather grim scenario thanks to the newly announced Civilization V special edition. Read More?

Posted July 9, 2010| 5 Comments
GDC 2010: Civilization V Interview

At GDC 2010, Adam Sessler caught up with Dennis Shirk, Producer of Civilization V, and got the inside word on everything cool about this world-conquering, turn-based strategy game. Adam asked him about one of the most striking improvements: "We switched from square tiles to hexes," Shirk said. "This allowed the art team to go all...

Posted March 12, 2010| 5 Comments
GDC 2010 Preview: Civilization V

Hexes have never been as sexy as they are in Sid Meier's Civilization 5. The game comes out this summer for the PC, and when it does, gamers everywhere will have their lives taken over by strategy, conquest and ceaseless war. Our own Andrew Pfister put the turn-based strategy game through its paces at GDC 2010, and here's what he had to say...

Posted March 10, 2010| 3 Comments
Mafia II, L.A. Noire, Max Payne 3, Civilization 5 Planned Between August And October

It was supposed to be a busy release season for Take-Two Interactive in the first half of 2010, but the delay-prone publisher has seen many of its major releases pushed out of that window. Take-Two is now saying that Mafia II, L.A. Noire, Max Payne 3 and Civilization V are all now planned for release between August 1 and October 31, aka the...

Posted March 3, 2010| 3 Comments
Sid Meier's Civilization V Announced, Set To Destroy Lives This Fall

2K Games has made lovers of Sid Meier’s adored Civilization franchise extremely happy today by announcing that Civilization V will be ruining lives and/or drastically altering sleep schedules this fall. Firaxis Games creative director Sid Meier said the following in a statement to the press: “Each new version of Civilization...

Posted February 18, 2010| 17 Comments